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>there aren't multiple deities to worship and there is no caste system. There are multiple deities [0] and Buddha didn't oppose caste system. He advocated it
by sudhirc 4y ago
>there aren't multiple deities to worship and there is no caste system.
There are multiple deities [0] and Buddha didn't oppose caste system. He advocated it on deed and not birth which is not very diffrent from Hindu views of caste. Could you point to some instance from ancient Indians history when discrimination was made on the basis of caste, color, or gender?
The Buddha:– "Not by birth is one an outcast; not by birth is one a brahman. By deeds one becomes an outcast, by deeds one becomes a brahman." (Vasala Sutta 27 )
Mahabharata says the same thing.
Listen about caste, Yaksha dear, not study, not learning is the cause of being "twice-born". Conduct alone is the basis, there is no doubt about it. (M.Bh. Aranya-parva 312. 106.)
Birth based caste is an acquired taste from the Muslim invaders who had and still have a system of discrimination in the form of Islamic doctrine of Kafaat (Al-Hidaya, Book VI, Chapter 55.1). This system is still in practice across middle East[1].
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_deities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_deities
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafa%27ah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafa%27ah
- finfrastrcuture 4y agoAs a counterview, my interpretation is that Buddah is not advocating for a literal caste system, rather, that one's proactive choices shape their spiritual progression.
- random314 4y agoBuddhism has no concept of caste. Gita has caste by birth as a central theme. In particular, Gita makes it loud and explicitly clear that even if a person is better at the birth caste duties of a different caste than his own caste duty ( which he is not any good at) he should only perform his own caste duties. Caste lines cannot be crossed. There is absolutely nothing like this in Buddhism. https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/47 https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/47 "It is better to do one’s own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another’s dharma, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a person does not incur sin." Next verse "One should not abandon duties born of one’s nature, even if one sees defects in them, O son of Kunti. Indeed, all endeavors are veiled by some evil, as fire is by smoke." The whole set of verses before and after this verse is worth a read https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/41 https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/41 The website adds the phrase "and not by birth" in the translation that is not present in the original Sanskrit verse to mitigate modern sensibilities, but the following verses go on to contradict the additional phrase added in the translation. There are other verses that shame intercaste marriages as well.
- sudhirc 4y ago> Buddhism has no concept of caste. Do read this. https://archive.org/details/I.B.Horner-Vinaya-Pitaka/I.B%20Horner%20-%20Vinaya%20Pitaka%20vol%202%20-%20Suttavibhanga/page/n112/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/I.B.Horner-Vinaya-Pitaka/I.B%20H... On the issue of Gita. Could you please elaborate the words which refer to birth categorically? I know enough of Sanskrit to understand the original verses. Edit: Here is a link to whole research paper on caste in Buddhism. Dp read the chapter appropriately titled. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29757366&ved=2ahUKEwiRrp7Oksz9AhXGS2wGHeMCAW4QFnoECAkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3_guEgdd_x0wmdvR16cKTy https://www.jstor.org/stable/29757366&ved=2ahUKEwiRrp7Oksz9A...
- pankajdoharey 4y agoWhen were these document written and any original manuscript of your references?